Jay Adler
Date of birth: 1896-09-25
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film. Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of five actor siblings, including stage actor Luther and drama coach Stella. The Adlers were a Jewish-American acting dynasty in New York City's Yiddish Theater District and they played a significant role in theater from the late 19th century to the 1950s. Stella Adler became the most influential member of their family. During a long acting career of minor character roles, Jay Adler appeared in more than 40 films and 37 television series between 1938 and 1976. He appeared in The Big Combo (1955), Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956) and Jerry Lewis' The Family Jewels (1965). In 1961, Adler appeared both in the episode "The Lady and the Lawyer" of the television series The Asphalt Jungle and in The Lawbreakers, a theatrical film version of the episode. Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York.
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The Killing
1956-06-06
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a bet
Crime of Passion
1956-12-28
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack
The Big Combo
1955-02-13
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice
Cry Danger
1951-02-23
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in p
Grave of the Vampire
1972-08-23
Vampire Caleb Croft has awakened from his unholy slumber -- with an insatiable lust for blood and th
Murder Is My Beat
1955-02-27
Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Ede
99 River Street
1953-08-21
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel t
The Brothers Karamazov
1958-02-20
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who hol
The Long Wait
1954-05-26
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from comp
The Turning Point
1952-07-12
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop fath
Illegal
1955-10-09
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find o
Scandal Sheet
1952-01-16
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
The Lawbreakers
1961-08-15
The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissione
Vice Squad
1953-07-31
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbe
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970-01-01
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious
The Catered Affair
1956-06-14
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
Curse of the Undead
1959-12-01
A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill.
Man with the Gun
1955-11-05
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He al
The Family Jewels
1965-07-01
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the gi
Dreamboat
1952-07-26
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action her
Saddle the Wind
1958-03-20
Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer,
The Story on Page One
1959-12-01
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuf
Sweet Smell of Success
1957-07-04
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B
Murder in Soho
1939-02-01
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Runaway Daughters
1956-01-20
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with
Bummer
1973-03-03
The manager of a rock band fires the drunken, psycho bass player, who goes on a rape and murder spre
No Time to Marry
1938-02-05
In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficu
Seven Guns to Mesa
1958-03-16
A band of outlaws, led by "Papa" Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon
Who's Got the Action?
1962-12-25
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Belle Sommers
1962-05-30
A woman recording artist with a past tries to shake off a gangster syndicate.
My Six Convicts
1952-03-20
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the tr
The Underworld Story
1950-07-26
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938-02-26
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodn
Three Secrets
1950-10-20
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California
Hell on Devil's Island
1957-08-04
An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mi
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
Down Three Dark Streets
1954-09-03
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
The Juggler
1953-05-11
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.
Macon County Line
1974-08-08
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters
Assignment: Paris
1952-09-04
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent by his boss behind the Iron Curtain
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960-09-15
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the pro
Love Me or Leave Me
1955-05-26
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gan
Lust for Life
1956-09-15
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952-11-04
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who take